Attachment for bedsteads.



PATENTED APR 28. 1903.

E. J. BAROALO. ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEAD'S.

APPLIC ATION TILED 0011.29. 1902.

NO MODEL.

Unrrnio Snares Parana Diaries.

EDWARD J. BARGALO, DE BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

ATTACHMENT FOR BEDSTEADS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,393, dated April28, 1903.

Application filed October 29, 1902. Serial No. 129,222. (No model- Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. BARCALO, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Bedsteads, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates more particularly to a chest or drawer attachmentfor bedsteads, in which a chest, drawer, or other receptacle adapted tocontain wearing-apparel or other articles is slidably supported beneaththe bed out of sight and out of the way on horizontal tracks suspendedfrom the bedstead and is adapted to be drawn out to facilitate accessthereto.

The object of the invention is to provide an attachment of the characterstated more especially designed for application to ordinary metallicbedsteads, which is of exceedingly simple and inexpensive constructionand which can be quickly and easily applied to or detached from thebedstead by any person without the use of tools.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a bedsteadprovided with an attachment embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is afragmentary elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation, on anenlarged scale, showing one end of one of the supportingtracks and itshanger. Fig. a is a fragmentary section, on an enlarged scale, throughone end of the chest and the supporting-track and guide for the same.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A and B represent the head and foot frames, and C the horizontalconnecting-rails, of an ordinary metallic bedstead, which may be of anywell-known or preferred construction.

D represents two parallel horizontal tracks or supports which arearranged transversely of the bedstead beneath the plane of the siderails, from which the tracks are hung by dependinghangers or brackets E.The hangers or brackets shown in the drawings are in the form of metalstraps provided at their upper ends with horizontal hook portions 6,which engage over the upper faces of the side rails of the bedstead andhave downturned outer ends to prevent the accidental disengagement ofthe hooks from the bedstead-rails. The

lower ends of the hangers or brackets are secured in any desired mannerto the opposite ends of the horizontal tracks. The hangers or bracketsare not fastened to the side rails, but simply hang thereon, and arefree to be moved toward and from each other and to swing or rockslightly on the side rails.

F represents a chest, drawer, or other receptacle which may be of anysuitable or convenient construction, but which is preferably made, asshown in the drawings, of substantially rectangular from. The chest isarranged lengthwise of the bedstead and is provided with top covers ordoors f, which are hinged at their inner longitudinal edges to a centralfixed cover portion f. When the chest is drawn out to one side of thebedstead far enough to expose one of the hinged covers, the latter canbe opened upwardly to expose the interior of the chest to permitwearing-apparel or other articles to be placed in or removed from thechest.

G represents guides which are secured to the opposite vertical end wallsof the chest,

drawer, or receptacle, and which are adapted to overhang and bear uponthe horizontal supporting tracks D, so as to support the chest andpermit the same to he slid back and forth on the horizontal tracks D.The upper portions or faces of the tracks are curved or convexed and theunder sides'of I the guides on the chest, drawer, or receptacle arecorrespondingly curved or concaved. Preferably the tracks are formed oflight sheet-metal tubes,and the guides on the chest are formed ofsubstantially semicircular or inverted trough-shaped pieces of sheetmetal which are secured to the ends of the chest, drawer, or receptacleby screws or in any other suitable manner. By thus curving or roundingthe bearing-faces of the tracks and guides the supporting-hangers forthe tracksare permitted a considerable swinging or rocking motion, andthe tracks will turn in the guides on the chest, drawer,'or receptaclevwithout binding or pinching, so that the chest, drawer, or receptaclewill always slide easily and freely on the tracks regardless of theexact formation of the tracks and guides. As the curved guides overhangthe upper convexed faces of the tracks, they act to hold the tracks fromspreading or separating and no means are required for attaching orfastening the track-hangers on the bedsteadrails. This construction thusobviates any possibility of the tracks being secured on the bedstead inan untrue or non-parallel rela tion by an inexperienced person, and asthe hangers are free to slide on the bedsteadrails the tracks alwaysaccommodate themselves to the guides on the chest, drawer, orreceptacle. This manner of constructing the guides and tracks andmounting the latter on the bedstead is especially desirable where theattachment is applied to the metal bedstead, for, as is well known, theside rails and the head and foot frames of these bedsteads are very aptto become distorted or twisted out of their true rectangular relation,and if the tracks were fixedly secured to the side rails they would movewith the side rails and would pinch or bind the chest,drawer, orreceptacle, so as to materially interfere with its easy operation.

Preferably the tubular tracks for the chest, drawer,or receptacle aresplitor slotted longitudinally at the top, and rollers or Wheels h arearranged in the tubular tracks with their peripheries projectingslightly above the upper surfaces of the tracks, so as to form aroller-support for the guides on the chest, drawer, or receptacle. Thechest, drawer, or receptacle thus works much easier on the tracks, andthe rollers do not interfere with the relative turning movement of thetracks and guides on each other. The rollers or wheels are simply flatcircular disks, and they can be jou'rnaled on fixed transverse pins oraxles h, as shown in the drawings,

or they can be movably mounted to roll in the tracks.

I represents stop-strips, which are secured to the central portions ofthe ends of the chest, drawer, or receptacle below the tracks D. Thestops project out beneath the tracks and are spaced therefrom, so as notto engage the tracks in the normal operation of the chest, drawer, orreceptacle. If, however, the chest, drawer, or receptacle is pulled outso far that its center of gravity clears the tracks, it will tilt andcause the ends of the stop-strips to bind against the under faces of thetracks and prevent further movement of the chest, drawer, or receptacle.The stop-strips also prevent the guides on the chest, drawer, orreceptacle from disengagement from the tracks.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combination with abedstead, ofsubstantially horizontal tracks loosely supported on said bedstead andcapable of movement relative to each other, and a receptacle slidablysupported by said tracks and constituting the sole means connecting thetracks to prevent the same from spreading, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of track-hangers adapted to loosely rest upon thehorizontal rails of a bedstead, tracks secured to said hangers andmovable relative to each other, a receptacle, and guides secured to saidreceptacle and sliding on said tracks, said receptacle constituting thesole means connecting said tracks to prevent the same from spreading,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of substantially horizontal tracks provided withcurved bearingfaces, the opposite ends of said tracks being looselysupported by the horizontal rails of a bedstead, whereby said tracks arecapable of movement relative to each other, a receptacle, and guidessecured to said receptacle and having curved faces bearing on the curvedfaces of said tracks to support said receptacle, said receptacle servingto connect said tracks and hold the same from spreading, substantiallyas set forth.

4. The combination of substantially horizontal tracks provided withconvexed upper faces, supporting-hangers connected to the opposite endsof said tracks and provided with hooks adapted to rest loosely on thehorizontal rails of the bedstead, whereby the tracks are capable ofsliding and swing on the bedstead-rails, a receptacle, and guidessecured to said receptacle and provided with concaved under facesloosely resting on the convexed upper faces of said tracks,substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of substantially horizontal tubular tracks havinglongitudinal slots in their upper faces, supporting-hangers connected tothe opposite ends of said tracks and provided with means forconnectingthem to the horizontal rails of a bedstead, rollers arranged in saidtubular tracks and projecting through said slots, a receptacle, andguides secured to said receptacle and bearing on said rollers,substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of substantially horizontal tracks,supporting-hangers connected to the opposite ends of said tracks andprovided with means for connecting them to the side rails of a bedstead,guides securedto said receptacle and bearing on said tracks, and stopssecured to said receptacle beneath said tracks and adapted to engage thelatter when the receptacle is tilted from a horizontal position,substantially as set forth. I

Witness my hand this 27th day of October, 1902.

EDWARD J. BARCALO.

Witnesses:

JNo. J. BONNER, C. M. BENTLEY.

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